Environmental Specialist (Emissions Lead)

Location: Aberdeen, UK
Contract duration: AD-hoc contract (renewable)
Project: Various projects
Recruitment Partner: Airswift
Airswift Recruiter: Saidy Miguel

Keywords: Environment; EMS; Emissions, EUTS; MCR; Oil and Gas

Our Company
One of the largest Engineering design, Procurement and Construction Management companies in the world employing 50,000 people across the globe and provides project delivery and consulting services to the resources and energy sectors, and complex process industries.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation.

Airswift are currently recruiting for a highly skilled Environmental Specialist to join an innovative and dynamic project team in Aberdeen. The right candidate will join on an Ad-hoc/open ended, part time or remote contract basis.
THE ROLE
Reporting to the Director of HSE and Wells the Environmental & Emissions Lead will be accountable for delivering improvements in the client's Environmental Management Systems and being the focal point for emission data from across the business to deliver improvements in relation to the management of emissions, particularly CO 2 e. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering results against strategic plans and working with various functional managers to achieve these goals. The role represents the company by interacting with external industry bodies, including the relevant Regulators by proactively engaging, responding and challenging where appropriate.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
The Environmental and Emissions Lead shall be accountable for:

• Providing environmental support and advice to the HSEA leadership team and wider business, ensuring compliance with both company and regulatory environmental requirements.
• Proactively assisting company with discharging its environmental accountabilities, particularly with regards permit compliance and assurance of data collation to support annual UK ETS verification.
• Driving improvements in our Environmental Management Systems.
• Promotion of companies's environmental culture, performance and compliance obligations across the business.
• Identifying, communicating and providing mitigation for emerging environmental business risks.
• Monitor environmental incidents and near miss data looking for underlying trends and causal factors that could indicate weaknesses in Comapanies' Environmental Management System. Subsequently, work with the relevant directorate to ensure necessary corrective and preventative measures are put in place.
• Providing advice to environmental accident and incident investigations up to and including participating/leading the investigation team.
• Providing ongoing assurance of all incidents, near misses, audits and Inspections to ensure progress and close out is suitable and sufficient.
• Developing and agreeing cross-asset and industry strategies, techniques and practices to target continual improvement in environmental performance.
• Working with our supply chain, ensuring that company environmental requirements are being met up to and including conducting of EMS audits on the Contractor.
• In the event of an emergency, carry out such duties as identified in the ER procedures or as directed.

Additional Responsibilities
Atmospherics support

• OGUK technical group attendance - involved with establishing targets and contributing towards industry view on Net Zero.
• Technical expert for UK ETS for the company - North Sea, including Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting focal point, including owner of baseline atmospherics
• Flare and consent management focal point across the company - North Sea.
• As part of the Emissions Management Team:
  • Responsible for providing emission data from across the asset base to link into current and future performance in relation to the management of CO2e emissions.
  • Liaison with asset process engineers to ensure that understanding of current and future emission performance is understood and can be factored into discussion with the evaluation of technical opportunities.

Assist in the review of emissions reduction opportunities evaluation and input across the company - North Sea.

Regulatory support

• Engagement with regulators for reportable events, or where non-reportable events generate regulator interest.
• Management of company technical resources where there is a need for their direct engagement with the regulator
• Ensure HSEA leadership are aware of emerging issues & unsolicited regulatory communications.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of relevant environmental regulations, Company procedures and industry practices.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Interpersonal

• A collaborative style with an ability to build relationships and coach others in behavioural and compliance requirements in a multi-cultural environment.
• Presents themselves in a professional and ethical manner appropriate to the company values.
• Self-motivated team player with ability and desire to take responsibility and drive workloads to effective resolution.
• Strong communicator (written/verbal) and comfortable dealing with & presenting to different levels in the organisation.
• Work proactively, seeking sustainable solutions to challenges which may arise and share them across the business.
• Demonstrates continuing personal and professional development.

Skills & attributes

• Strong, demonstrable analytical skills and an effective decision maker able to demonstrate a proactive approach, with good time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
• Demonstrates leadership in business improvements. Initiates Change, assessing risks and rewards
• Drives effective information sharing. Helps others build their networks and use a range of contacts inside and outside Company
• Strives for continuous improvement; brings solutions and constantly seeks new and better ways to work.
• Actively shares Company vision and demonstrates ability to adapt to change.

Experience

• Experienced the oil and gas industry environment advisor.
• Thorough understanding of UK regulatory regime from an Environment perspective.
• Detailed understanding of Environmental Management Systems
• Detailed understanding of the UK ETS (or previous EU ETS).
• Working knowledge of offshore including oil & gas processing, water treatment, utilities and drilling/well operations.
• Strong appreciation of both Major Accident Hazards (Causation and Prevention) and environmental consequence.
• Experience and understanding of risk assessment techniques, comparative assessment and other environmental assessment methodologies.
• Offshore experience desirable.

Qualifications

• Qualified to degree level in an environmental field or equivalent experience and can evidence professional and personal development and/or learning.
• Member of relevant professional body.
• Environmental management system (EMS) audit qualification desirable.
• Oil spill response training desirable.

The next step
Apply now! If you have any questions, please contact Saidy Miguel at saidy.castelbranco@airswift.com. We look forward to hearing from you